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  • Winning and keeping good people in a consolidating market

    Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 by Lydia Sinclair — No comments

    Winning and keeping good people in a consolidating market Posted 21 July 2026 by Lydia Sinclair There's a strange thing happening in public practice hiring right now. Almost every firm I speak to is recruiting, often at several levels at once. And yet hardly anyone genuinely good is actively looking. Both things are true at once, and it tells you how hard this market has become. Underneath it is ...

  • Coming Back to Practice: Why the Return Move Is Undervalued, and How to Make It Work

    Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 by Lydia Sinclair — 1 comment

    Coming Back to Practice: Why the Return Move Is Undervalued, and How to Make It Work Posted on 14 July 2026 by Lydia Sinclair | ProTalent Limited The route out of practice is well signposted. Qualify, get a couple of years post-qualified experience, then move into industry for the money and the hours. Almost every trainee has been told some version of it, usually by someone senior who has already ...

  • A failed exam is a bad week, not a bad accountant.

    Posted on Tuesday, July 7, 2026 by Lydia Sinclair — 3 comments

    A failed exam is a bad week, not a bad accountant Posted on 8 July 2026 by Lydia Sinclair Why the big firms are losing good people over exam policy, and why the candidate another practice quietly let go might be the best hire you make this year. Picture the no pile. It's the small stack of CVs a hiring partner sets aside in the first couple of minutes. Something didn't sit right. A gap nobody ...

  • Alcohol, performance and potential: the career conversation we don't have

    Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 by Lydia Sinclair — No comments

    Alcohol, performance and potential: the career conversation we don't have Posted on 30 Juney 2026 by Lydia Sinclair Some of the biggest things holding people back at work never make it onto a development plan. When we talk about getting on in practice, we tend to talk about the obvious levers. Exams. Experience. The right firm, the right manager, the right stretch project at the right moment. We ...

  • DO YOU SEE ME?

    Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 by Lydia Sinclair — 2 comments

    Do You See Me? How Businesses Can Build Workplaces Where Everyone Thrives Posted on Tuesday, 23 June 2026 by Lydia Sinclair This Learning Disability Week, the question isn’t whether to be inclusive. It is whether our workplaces are actually built for it. Most hiring decisions are made on instinct long before anyone reaches an interview room. A CV gets a few seconds. A name, a gap, a ...

  • When the Pipeline Gets Harder to Fill: What Apprenticeship Funding Changes Mean for Practice Hiring

    Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 by Lydia Sinclair — 1 comment

    When the Pipeline Gets Harder to Fill: What Apprenticeship Funding Changes Mean for Practice Hiring Posted on Tuesday, 9 June 2026 byLydia Sinclair The rules have shifted. Here's how practices can still build strong teams. The accountancy profession has always relied on a steady stream of new talent coming through. School leavers. Trainees. Graduate apprentices. People who join at the bottom and ...

  • Rethinking the Mid-Year Slump: How June Can Be Your Most Productive Month

    Posted on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 by Sally Morrison — 1 comment

    Rethinking the Mid-Year Slump: How June Can Be Your Most Productive Month Posted on Monday, 2 June 2026 by Sally Morrison June has a reputation it doesn't deserve. Here's how to use it. Ask most professionals how they feel about June and you'll get some version of the same answer. Busy. Tired. Waiting for summer. It's understandable. The first half of the year has been full. Targets, appraisals, ...

  • The Future of Hybrid Work in Accountancy: What's Actually Working in 2026

    Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 by Sally Morrison — 1 comment

    After years of experiment, negotiation and awkward Monday morning standoffs, what does hybrid work actually look like in accountancy practice - and who's getting it right? The bank holiday weekend has passed and LinkedIn is filling up with people announcing they're "back at it". But before the week fully swallows us, it's worth sitting with a question that never really went away - what does ...

  • Grow From Within: A Practical Guide to Internal Mobility and Retention in Accountancy Practice

    Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 by Sally Morrison — 1 comment

    The firms that keep their best people aren't just paying well. They're doing something most practices overlook entirely. Here is a scenario that plays out in practices across the UK with uncomfortable regularity. A firm recruits a talented senior, invests in their development over two or three years, watches them grow - and then one day that person resigns for a competitor offering a title bump ...

  • Salary vs. Culture: What Professionals in Accountancy Are Really Choosing in 2026

    Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 by Sally Morrison — No comments

    When two offers land on the table, the decision is rarely as simple as it looks. Most professionals will face this at some point. Two roles. Different packages. Different feels. One pays more - meaningfully more. The other just feels right in a way that's hard to articulate. The salary vs. culture debate has been a fixture of career conversations for years. But in 2026, with cost-of-living ...

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